International law firm appoints 24 New Partners 

Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance has today announced the promotion of 24 lawyers to its partnership.

The new partners are drawn from all of the firm’s market-leading practices and reflect the range and depth of the firm’s capability in those areas most critical to the world’s leading businesses. The new partners’ practices cover public M&A and IPOs; Private Equity, funds and trusts; leveraged, acquisition, asset and project financing; investigations, commercial litigation; tax and employment matters; and sanctions. The new partners are based in 13 of the firm’s international offices.

Clifford Chance Managing Partner, Matthew Layton commented, “These promotions recognise talent, commitment and entrepreneurialism. Each of these new partners has already made their mark: by virtue of the quality of their expertise and service delivery, they are seen as ‘go-to’ advisors by their clients; they are role models for our teams; and they play a critical part in delivering the firm’s strategy. I congratulate each of them for their impressive achievements to date and the valuable contribution they have already made to the firm and I look forward to working alongside them as they further develop their careers at Clifford Chance.”

The promotions will take effect from 1 May 2016 and will bring the total number of partners in the firm to 577.

The full list of newly promoted partners:

Americas

Jake Farquharson – Capital Markets, New York

Patrick O’Reilly – Finance, New York

Daniel Winick – Finance, New York

Asia Pacific

Yusuke Abe – Finance, Tokyo

Timothy Democratis – Finance, Beijing

Edith Leung – Finance, Hong Kong

Continental Europe

Luis Alonso – Corporate, Madrid

Guillermo Guardia – Corporate, Barcelona

Niek De Pauw – Corporate, Brussels

Marianne Pezant – Corporate, Paris

Ioana Talnaru – Corporate, Bucharest

Miloš Felgr – Finance, Prague

Fabian Böhm – Real Estate, Frankfurt

Floris van de Bult – Tax, Pensions & Employment, Amsterdam

Alexandre Ooms – Tax, Pensions & Employment, Brussels

London

Paul Deakins – Capital Markets

Louise Keary – Capital Markets

Alexandra Davidson – Corporate

Katherine Moir – Corporate

Christopher Sullivan – Corporate

Andrew Husdan – Finance

Michael Pearson – Finance

Michael Lyons – Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Christopher Yates – Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Source: Clifford Chance

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